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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
8
Whooping cough not dangerous when cough is loosened and expectoration eased by Chamberlains Cough Remedy. It has been used in many epidemics with perfect success and is sold by all dealers.
Colonel Tom Ball and Father Murphy urged El Paso voters to abandon local option and move to statewide prohibition. The speakers cited 167 counties voting dry and warned that statewide bans reduce bootlegging and blind tigers, citing statistical failures of local options.
A black silk elbow glove is missing from Shiner Park on June 5. The Gazette office offers a reward for its return to its offices.
For sale in city limits land on 10 or 12 acres with an improved house. Best chance yet. Apply to W. C. Emler in Shiner. No. 25xt.f.
Wood prices lowered with delivery options listed per cord sawed and unsawed. Cord price set at $4.00 and stove wood at $5.50 per cord, with sawed cord $4.75. Patronage solicited by E F Ruhmann.
An Exchange column urges breaking strong habits quickly through willpower and steady persistence, arguing the sooner the habit is tackled the better its odds of lasting change.
An experienced fireman is sought for a cotton gin. Applicants should understand the business and be dependable. Good pay. Apply to J. W. Hoff in Yorktown, Texas.
A brief advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills cure constipation and indigestion and restore appetite. It promises regulation of stomach, liver and bowels, plus renewed energy. Available for 25 cents at Schulze Gray & Co.
A drunk and disorderly defendant faced the Magistrate who, after a brief exchange, sentenced him to ten days. The magistrate ordered the officer to compile a list of names, declaring them a bad lot. The London Mail report captures a sharp judicial rebuke.
Dr. Thos T. Christian, the only graduate veterinarian in this state section, operates from Gonzales Texas and is ready to respond to calls in Shiner and surrounding territory at all times.
Real estate listing by Kunetka and Beneke of Shiner Texas advertising multiple tracts of land for sale. Properties include 77 acres northwest of Shiner at 70 dollars per acre, 131 acres east at 80, 108.5 acres northwest at 60, 110 acres west at 130, 116 acres west of Yoakum at 100, 70 acres southwest at 5 thousand dollars total, 200 acres northwest of Yoakum at 7 thousand, 127.5 acres northwest of Shiner at 75 per acre with two houses and wells, and 88.5 acres in Dryer city at 70 per acre. Continuous listing with improvements noted.
The early Texas note quotes Q. B. Colgaitt pledging focused efforts on building and developing public education. He envisions a well educated citizenry able to live by the golden rule in everyday civic life.
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